Electronic Devices I Lab

EET 222

Lab 1 Report
Equipment Familiarization

Date Performed: MM/DD/year

Report Submitted: MM/DD/year

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OBJECTIVE:
The main objective of this lab is to use NI-Elvis to measure voltage in circuit Resistance
of component & by using function generator to generate square and sine waves and
measure frequency, Pulse width, & duty cycle of square wave by using oscilloscope
instrument etc.
MATERIAL NEEDED:
I. Resistors: one 330Ω
II. One LED
III. NI Elvis Instrument with prototype board
IV. Connecting Wire
V. Oscilloscope probe
VI. Function generator probe
VII. DMM leads

THEORY:
NI Elvis is a platform that integrates many common laboratory instruments such as
power supplies, digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, function generators, spectrum
analyzers, etc. Into one package that allows computer based control and measurements.
Because access to the instruments are in close proximity, using it gives the user the
advantage of having less clutter and power requirements than using individual
instruments. One disadvantage is that the selectivity range for the NI Elvis II
instruments are limited compared to individual instruments.
Using the NI Elvis, the user has the option of using traditional probe and lead interfaces
such as BNC and banana jack connectors, or using the bread board access to the
instruments inputs and outputs. More details on the NI Elvis 11 is provided in the
orientation attachment with this lab handout.

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Figure 1-1. Pictures showing NI Elvis II, Forward-Biased, Oscilloscope probe, Function
generator probe and DMM leads

Figure 1-2. LED circuit diagram and pictures of constructed circuit

PROCEDURE:
Read the attached orientation document to familiarize yourself with the ports and instruments
available on the Elvis II. Now Connect the power supply and USB cable to the NI Elvis board.
Connect the probes for the DMM, Signal Generator and Oscilloscope Channel 1. And
Construct the circuit in Figure 1-3 on the Elvis Prototype board. Use the SUPPLY+ and
GROUND ports on the left lower side to supply the power for the circuit. (Remember the longer
leg of the LED is the anode and should be connected towards the positive terminal of the supply
to be properly biased). Next Open the NI Elvis Digital Multi-Meter application on your
computer. Select resistance measurement and select run to enable the meter and measure

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resistance of your resistor and record the result in Table 1-1. Open the NI Elvis Variable Power
Supply application on your computer, set the voltage for SUPPLY+ to 5.00 and select run to
enable the power supply. Change the NI Elvis DMM setting to DC Voltage measurement and
measure the voltage across the resistor and the LED and record the valves in Table 1-2. Open
the NI Elvis Function Generator application & select a sine wave with an amplitude of 2.5 V
and a frequency of 1 KHz & select run to enable the meter. Now open Oscilloscope application
and connect the function generator leads of probe to the oscilloscope. The sine wave should
appear on the oscilloscope screen.
Select the square wave option on the function generator and add a DC bias of 2.5V. This
produces a positive only square wave. By using the cursor on the oscilloscope and measure the
period of the square wave. Include a picture of this in your data section. Move the cursors to
record the pulse width (amount of time pulse is high) Use this information to calculate the duty
cycle of the square wave.

DISCUSSION QUESTION:
Q. What are the advantages of using an Elvis board?
Answer: Elvis board contain all electronic equipment together we not need additional power
supply, oscilloscope, & function generators we have everything in same panel system.

Q. Why do we need a resister in series to the LED? What is effect of increasing the
series resistor?
Answer: By connecting resistor in series with LED circuit it limits amount passing through
circuit so not extra passing of current do not damage LED which maximum drops are 1.914 &
maximum voltages get drop across resistor. That’s why we connect Resistor in series. By
increasing series resistor Bright of LED get Increases while in other lower resistor cases its
reverse etc.
Hardware:

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Results:

Discussion:
In the above figure it could be seen that Peak voltages are 2.5Volts for sine wave & 5V for
square wave. 1V per divisions and frequency of Output voltages are 1 kHz. These voltages
are measured across resistors with usage of sine wave. The same procedure apply for square
waves & output voltages measured 2.5V with duty cycle of 50% .In both cases stop
frequency remains 1 kHz etc.

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EXPERIMENT:
Table 1-1. RESISTOR MEASUREMENT

Component Listed Value Measured Value

R1 330Ω 0.55615 kΩ

Table 1-2. VOLTAGE & CURRENT MEASUREMENT

Measurement Measured Value

VR1 3.055 VDC
VF(LED) 1.9140 VDC
I 0.00553 ADC
IF(CALCULATED) 0.00499 ADC
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HOME ASSIGNMENT / CONCLUSION:

By performing this experiment I learned about practical applications of DC circuits. I
observe that in DC circuit there is no effect on quantities of current & voltages. I
observed that how values get changed from actual values to measure from DMM. I
received same results for both DC circuits experimentally as theoretically.

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